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OMG! I can’t believe we have finally gotten to the end! In my video review for the final episode of Dexter ever, “Remember the Monsters?,” I discuss talks about Deb’s tragic fate, Elway’s real purpose, Hannah’s escape, Dexter’s final decision and more.
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http://www.tvequals.com/2013/09/23/sandrines-review-dexter-remember-the-monsters-season-8-episode-12/

“For the longest time I just wanted to be like other people. To feel what they felt. But now that I do I just want it to stop”.
Ugh. Really? Like…really Dexter ? That’s how you want to end it?
With lots of enticing programming options on tonight, like a new episode of Breaking Bad and The 65th Primetime Emmys, it isn’t a good sign that I was decidedly not excited for the tonight’s episode of Dexter . It’s even more depressing when you realize that it’s not only the finale of the season, but actually the entire series! After eight seasons, some great, some good, and some not so good, I was still very interested to find out how Dexter Morgan’s story would end. However, if I’d have known that they were going to end it like this, then maybe I wouldn’t have been so cautiously optimistic.
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http://www.tvequals.com/2013/09/22/dexter-season-8-review-remember-the-monsters/

Although the series went out in a way no one saw coming, it?s widely agreed upon that season 8 has been quite the dud of a final run for Dexter . Still, let?s appreciate it for what it was and look back on a season where we were introduced to Dexter?s spiritual mother, the Brain Surgeon and Deb?s death. Read More...
http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/the-13-best-moments-from-dexter-season-9-53059.aspx

It’s hard to fully process one’s feelings about the end of a television series that’s lasted as long as Dexter has. This season started off strong, then took a turn for the worse. Still, I was optimistic that this final hour would be a redemption of sorts, a fitting end to the story of Dexter Morgan and his sister. As the closing scene faded from my television screen, my reaction wasn’t shock or sadness. It was anger. Read More...
http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/dexter-recap-series-finale.html

One of the first reviews I ever wrote about any television show on Infinite Regress was First Place to Dexter in December 2006, where I said Dexter was the best show on television that Fall. And it...
http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Levinson/2013/09/23/dexter_series_finale_solitude_style_a?ref_src=news_rss

Mike Hale, a television critic for The New York Times, discuss the final episode of “Dexter.” Read More...
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/09/23/arts/television/100000002458298/dexter-the-saddest-ending.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

After eight years, 96 episodes, 1,200 of its lead character sitting at a computer, and 1.6 million lines of bad voiceover dialogue, Dexter said goodbye in typical Dexter fashion. Read More...
http://www.tv.com/shows/dexter/community/post/dexter-series-finale-review-the-end-apparently-137966150076/

After what has been a slow, boring final season, Dexter' s season finale delivered drama and excitement not found in other episodes this season. Or last season. And maybe even the season before that. It wasn't perfect by any means, but it wasn't a complete disappointment .
There was blood. There was heart. There were F-bombs.
After a rather lackluster final season, " Remember the Monsters " (mostly) delivered. Read More...
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/09/dexter-review-goodbye/

The Dexter series finale is many things at many different times. It's often boring, it's often predictable and it often seems like the "right" ending. So overall, it's an okay finish to a horrible season of a show that should have ended a long, long time ago.
Dexter winds up paying for his crimes -- but Deb, of course, pays for them the most. And what could have been an ambiguous ending (is Dexter truly done?) winds up still being an ambiguous ending. (What is Dexter thinking in those final moments?)
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dexter/dexter-series-finale-recap-the-51270.aspx